Ocean Avenue & Avenue T

Ocean Avenue and Avenue T meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Edmund Prep High School is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue T · B49
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings and 3 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Avenue T Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue T, 120 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue T B49
    120 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Turn calming, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. St Edmund Elementary School
    350 feet
  2. St Edmund Prep High School
    370 feet
  3. Nefesh Academy School
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue T or Ocean Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.